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Dublin, Ireland - February 4th, 2003 - WBT Systems today announced that the Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (Danish LO) has selected the TopClass e-Learning suite to manage and deliver blended learning programs to its 1.5 million members across 22 different unions. TopClass is being used to consolidate knowledge from Danish LO's huge membership base, leveraging existing content by re-purposing it for a wider audience via e-Learning, rapidly capturing existing knowledge from subject matter experts and bringing together members into a common learning community where they can all contribute and benefit from each other's experiences.

Danish LO had a number of serious challenges to meet in an e-Learning program; firstly, having such a huge user base, it was going to be difficult to bring the wealth of experience of its members together in a way that would be useful to the group. In addition, existing systems needed to be integrated in order to make e-Learning a key part of their business processes rather than a mere add-on application. Lastly, they had a large number of subject matter experts that would need to be able to produce content without having instructional design knowledge. TopClass solved all of these problems for Danish LO.

“TopClass impressed us with its openness, knowledge capture tools and features to easily repurpose classroom training. However, the ability to bring all this information together into a central repository where all our members can meet as a learning community is what really makes this solution special” said Kenneth Lovholt, e-Learning Project Manager, Trade Union Centre of Competency, Danish LO. “In addition TopClass Publisher has proven easy to use for our knowledge experts - allowing them to produce e-Learning content quickly with the minimum of additional training."

“Danish LO has a clear vision of how e-Learning technology can empower its members, by rapidly capturing learning from subject matter experts and re-purposing existing classroom-based materials, making all the information available, and discoverable, in a central server. This is made simple by our industry-leading rapid content development and content migration tools, which maximise the availability of expert knowledge, and our sophisticated search engine which enhances discoverability." said Duncan Lennox, Chief Technology Officer, WBT Systems. "They have also realised that critical business information resides not only with the subject matter experts but with the experiences of each and every one of their members. Creating a true learning community, where knowledge is an asset that can be easily shared, is where the real power of e-Learning resides. WBT Systems is delighted to be a part Danish LO's vision."

About Danish LO
LO, The Danish Confederation of Trade Unions, is the largest national trade union confederation in Denmark and is recognised as the most representative workers' organisation in both the public and the private sector. LO's main objective is to handle employee interests vis-à-vis employers and authorities. Through its cooperation with associations, consortia and other trade union organisations, LO seeks to influence the government and the political parties when it comes to drafting and implementing legislation, especially in relation to labour market policies. For more information about Danish LO please visit www.lo.dk/smcms/English_version/Index.htm?ID=2923.

About WBT Systems
WBT Systems provides proven e-Learning solutions to rapidly create, deploy, and manage learning. The company's TopClass e-Learning Suite™ is a robust web-based training platform with over a million users worldwide across organizations such as Dow Chemical, Smith & Nephew, Credit Suisse, Belgacom, Alexander Forbes and Liberty Group. The TopClass® product suite enables organisations to easily convert existing content and rapidly deploy to the web to maximize re-usability and deliver a measurable return on investment. WBT Systems is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. For more information about WBT Systems please visit www.wbtsystems.com.

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